1811 in music

See also: 1810 in music, other events of 1811, 1812 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• None listed

Classical Music

• Piano Trio No 7 (the "Archduke") by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Singspiel – Die Ruinen von Athen ("The ruins of Athens") by Beethoven
• Palestine (oratorio) by William Crotch, with libretto by Reginald Heber
• Piano Concerto – Friedrich Kuhlau
• Gott und die Natur (oratorio) by Giacomo Meyerbeer
• Duo for Piano 4 hands no 1 in E minor by Georges Onslow

Births

• February 23 – George Washington Hewitt, composer
• February 25 – Carl Schuberth, composer
• March 7 – Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer
• March 23 – Camille Marie Stamaty and Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composers
• March 30 – Angelo Catelani, conductor and composer
• April 17 – Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer
• July 19 – Vincenz Lachner, composer
• August 5 – Ambroise Thomas
• September 15 – Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer
• October 24 – Ferdinand Hiller, pianist, composer and conductor
• October 22 – Franz Liszt
• November 10 – Louis Kufferath, composer

Deaths

• March 19 – Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
• April 15 – Ernest Louis Muller, composer
• May 12 – Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer
• July 19 – Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
• August 18 – Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
• September 6 – Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
• December 7 – Ignaz Spangler, composer
• December 17 – John Antes and Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, composers
• unknown date – Sir Peter Beckford, patron of Muzio Clementi